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Toxicology
The study of the nature, effects and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning
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- Second stage of labor The part of labor from the full dilatation of the cervix until the baby is completely out of the birth canal…
- Primary dentition The set of 20 first (deciduous) teeth. The primary dentition is as opposed to the secondary (permanent)…
- Vein, femoral See: Femoral vein
- Arcuate neuron A neuron in the arcuate nucleus of the brain. See: Arcuate nucleus